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Special Needs Items
For baby
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For adults
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For seniors
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For people with disabilities
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Other items to consider
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Transportation needs for the
disabled
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Links to special needs
organizations
Remember the special needs
of your family members. Infants, the elderly and
persons with disabilities need the same planning
as everyone else, and sometimes a little more, to
be prepared for a terrorist attack.
For baby:
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Formula
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Diapers
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Bottles
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Powdered milk
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Medications
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Moist towelettes
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Diaper rash ointment
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For adults:
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Ask your doctor about storing prescription
medications such as heart and high blood pressure
medication, insulin and other prescription drugs.
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Denture needs |
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Contact lenses and supplies
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Extra eye glasses |
For seniors:
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Plan how you will evacuate or signal for help.
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Plan emergency procedures with home health care
agencies or workers.
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Tell others where you keep your emergency
supplies. |
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Teach others how to operate necessary equipment.
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Label equipment like wheelchairs, canes or
walkers. |
Additional supplies for seniors:
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List of prescription medications including dosage
in your supply kits. Include any allergies.
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Extra eyeglasses and hearing-aid batteries.
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Extra wheelchair batteries or other special
equipment in your supply kit.
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A list of the style and serial numbers of medical
devices such as pacemakers in your emergency
supply kits. |
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Copies of medical insurance and Medicare cards.
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List of doctors and emergency contacts.
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For People with Disabilities:
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Create a support network to help in an emergency.
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Tell these people where you keep your emergency
supplies. |
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Give one member of your support network a key to
your house or apartment.
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Contact your city or county government's emergency
information management office. Many local offices
keep lists of people with disabilities so they can
be located quickly in a sudden emergency.
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Wear medical alert tags or bracelets to help
identify your disability.
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If you are dependent on dialysis or other life
sustaining treatment, know the location and
availability of more than one facility.
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Show others how to operate your wheelchair.
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Know the size and weight of your wheelchair, in
addition to whether or not it is collapsible, in
case it has to be transported. |
Click here
for specific information for people
who are deaf or hearing impaired
Additional Supplies for
People with Disabilities:
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Prescription medicines, list
of medications including dosage, list of any
allergies. |
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Extra eyeglasses, hearing
aid batteries and cane. |
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Extra wheelchair batteries,
oxygen. |
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Scooter or wheelchair patch
kit, extra inner tubes and other repair supplies.
Also include heavy gloves for wheeling over glass
and debris. |
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Keep a list of the style and
serial number of medical devices.
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Medical insurance and
Medicare cards.
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List of doctors, relatives
or friends who should be notified if you are hurt.
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Other items to consider:
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Pads and pencils for communication and/or to keep
track of instructions you may receive |
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Power converter for communicating with a lap top
computer |
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Animal supplies |
Transportation
Needs for the Disabled
Links to special needs
organizations:
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